'Two Months' Imprisonment for Stealing a Typewriter In H, M, Police Court, on Saturday, Norman W. Bowler, alias Barrymaine, was charged with the theft of a" typewriter from 304 Route Cardinal Mercier.—Defend-fant now is under sentence for another offense.
Mr. E, T. Maitland, who" pro-secured for' the Police, said that the charge was made by Madame Guignard, who conducted a boarding house in Route Cardinal Merder. The defendant was staying there for some time last year as a paying guest. "T mean to say an alleged paying" guest." During October he asked the complainant for the loan of a typewriter and this was granted him. Neither the typewriter "nor the accused had been since seen by the complainant.
Madame Kate Helen Guignard testified that during last October the accused asked for the loan of a typewriter. Previous to this had been a boarder at the house, but had disappeared without pay: ing his board. Some of his property was left in the house when he went away. When he came back and asked for the loan of the typewriter he said he would only Keep it ten minutes as he had an important letter to write. He said that he was going to Nanking and had been offered an important pos tion with a high Chinese offeial and was to receive §1,000 a month. He stated that, the oficial was Marshal Suh Chuan-fang and he hhad_ been appointed legal adviser to this oficial, but requested witness to say nothing about it to anybody as it had to be kept secret. She lent him the typewriter a that was the last she saw of him.
The machine belonged to a Mr. Ashley, who had gone away for time, and it had been left in her charge.
Accused—Would you mind telling the Court how you came to be in possession of the typewriter Witness—Mr. Ashley asked me to look after it whilst he was Ue also asked me to look some clothes of his at the same time.
'A coolie employed atthe house stated that he remembered the nccused going to the house and later leaving with a typewriter, could not prevent the accused leav-_ ing with the machine because had received no instructions from his mistress. The typewriter belonged to some other guest and had never been returned.
Hig Worship—Do you deny that you took the typewriter?
Aceused—I am not compelled this stage either to deny or admit it, T think, His Worship—Do you say that the typewriter was yours?
Accused—I donot say anything! at this stage except that the type. writer was lent to me and had actually been in my possession for two or three months before I went to borrow it. a's Worship—What then is your defence?
Accused—The prosecution has not yet finished its case, I understand, remand was granted.
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